ESN Trieste

ESN Trieste is the section of the University of Trieste, Friuli Venezia-Giulia Italy. The city is the capital of the region, set right on the Italian/Slovenian border, by the wonderful Adriatic Sea.

The section was born as Associazione Studenti Erasmus Trieste on September 2011, officially becoming the 45th Italian ESN section on February 2012. The special connection with ESN UC3M lasts from the very foundation of the section, since its president created it right after his Erasmus, spent by Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.

Thanks to the support of the International Office and to the motivation of the original team, the number of active members has constantly grown. They all work together to make the best possible the stay of the 350-400 people that choose Trieste every year.

This goal is reached through a much extended offer of activities: from the Welcome Week and the official Welcome Day in the town hall at the beginning of each semester, enthusiasm of our students is constantly whetted. Cultural enrichment is definitely very important to us: tours of the city and its museums are often organized in cooperation with the municipality, which guarantees special free entrance days for Erasmus groups; the visit to the only Italian internment and extermination camp, the Risiera di San Sabba, surely deserves a particular mention. The territory of the city itself is well promoted through the Carnival in Muggia, a very typical small town near Trieste, a ride on the ancient “Tram di Opicina” and the frequent visits to the "osmize”, kind of farms, inheritance of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, where people can eat local products and spend a very good time singing and enjoying good company. Then we organize several 2-3 daylong trips, almost once a month (Ljubljana and the Postojna caves, Rome, Milan, Venice-Padua, Belgrade, and Italian National Event) and shorter daily trips (Udine, Capodistria and its neighborhoods (SLO), Aquileia, Cividale, Slovenian National Event).

Sport tournaments play a very important role too: for those who like to play from time to time we offer football and basketball matches in cooperation with the University Sportcenter; for those who are more competitive though there’s always the possibility to join our official sponsored team (ESN Trieste – Pizzeria La Napa) and play against other semiprofessional teams in the football trophy Città di Trieste; finally, for those who love adrenaline, paintball and rafting, both in cooperation with our second twinned section, ESN Primorska, are definitely good options.

Main event is the Section birthday party, on February, when all the foreign students celebrate with us another year spent having fun together.

At the end of the day this is what it is all about: having fun together, and creating a wonderful community of people and European citizens, growing up with values like respect, friendship and mutual assistance.

With this goal constantly on its mind, the crew of ESN Trieste is always committed in strengthening the bonds with the foreign students and colleagues, like our beloved Spanish friends of ESN UC3M, that we are proud to call our Twinned Section.

About Us

Erasmus Student Network (ESN) is a non-profit international student organisation. Our mission is to represent international students, thus provide opportunities for cultural understanding and self-development under the principle of Students Helping Students.